Junior guard Kelsey Barlow shoots a free throw during a game at Ohio State earlier this month. Barlow was averaging 8.3 points and 3.7 rebounds a game this season. / By Greg Bartram/US PRESSWIRE

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Kelsey Barlow's Purdue basketball career is over, and DJ Byrd has been suspended for Sunday's game against seventh-ranked Michigan State in Mackey Arena.

The disciplinary actions handed down by coach Matt Painter on Friday are the result of Barlow being asked to leave a West Lafayette bar early Friday morning for poor behavior, and Byrd being arrested at the same site on suspicion of public intoxication.

Barlow was suspended for the 2011 NCAA tournament for "conduct detrimental to the program" and was reinstated this summer on the condition that he exhibit exemplary behavior.

"This is an unfortunate situation, but we will move forward as a program," Painter said.

"We expect our student-athletes to live up to a high standard, and when their actions become detrimental to the program, there are consequences."

Byrd, who practiced with the team Friday afternoon, is off limits to the media, and Barlow could not be reached for comment.

The West Lafayette Police Department is trying to piece together what took place outside Where Else Bar, 304 W. State St., early Friday morning that ultimately resulted in Byrd's arrest.

According to Capt. Gary Sparger, it began when Barlow left the Chauncey Hill business. Barlow then went back, apparently to look for his missing wallet. Where Else, however, refused to let him back inside.

Barlow returned again, this time accompanied by Byrd, Robbie Hummel and other members of Purdue's basketball team. This resulted in some type of confrontation, during which Byrd is suspected of assaulting a bouncer, Sparger said.

West Lafayette officers were called to Where Else about 2:53 a.m. West Lafayette police records list the possible victim -- the bouncer -- as a 23-year-old man.

Byrd's arrest came when an on-duty Indiana State Police trooper happened to be passing by Where Else, Sparger said. Byrd is the only person involved in the disturbance who was arrested.

"We are doing a battery investigation related to information that DJ Byrd may have battered a bouncer there," Sparger said.

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Byrd, 21, was booked into the Tippecanoe County Jail about 3:35 a.m. Friday and released about five hours later.

The policy at the Tippecanoe County Jail is to hold public intoxication suspects for 12 hours so that the person has time to sober up.

Sheriff's Maj. Charlie Williams said Byrd was released prior to that because of a fax, sent at 8:05 a.m., from a Tippecanoe County deputy prosecutor that ordered Byrd be released on his recognizance.

Otherwise, Williams said, Byrd would have been kept for the standard 12 hours.

Sparger said he expects to forward West Lafayette's investigation to the prosecutor's office sometime this weekend or on Monday.

In Indiana, a battery charge begins as a misdemeanor but can be elevated to a felony, based on the severity of injuries.

Where Else Bar issued a statement Friday afternoon that said the business has no plans to pursue criminal charges against anyone involved. However, prosecutors can still decide to file regardless.

The following is the full statement:

"As part of the Purdue and West Lafayette community for over 15 years, Where Else Bar is and always will be a huge supporter of all Purdue students and Purdue athletics. Unfortunately the actions of a few patrons necessitated Where Else staff's response to protect the other customers and themselves.

"Where Else Bar has no intention on pressing any charges against the alleged athletes and has turned this incident over to the appropriate officials."

Painter now has less than 48 hours to deal with any distractions created by the Barlow and Byrd situation and prepare for a Michigan State team that is playing excellent basketball.

"There's not ever a good time for something like this to occur," Painter said. "But you have to do what's best for your program. You have to make sure each guy learns a lesson, and you move forward.

"This is a great challenge. They are a great team with a great coach. If you have some mature kids, they can do it. If you don't, then they can't do it. It comes down to maturity."

While Purdue players were instructed not to discuss the off-the-court incident, point guard Lewis Jackson talked about the situation's big-picture ramifications.

"We can't let things off the court come into what is happening on the court," Jackson said. "When we get on that court for practice, we have to lock in for those three hours.

"Off the court, we have to be a team. We have to stay together right now and make sure that everybody is on the same page."

Byrd is averaging eight points and 1.9 rebounds in 25 games, making four starts. He missed one game with an ankle injury. In the past five games, he is averaging 16.8 points.

Barlow was averaging 8.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in 26 games, 22 of which he started.